Tote Bag for Wheel chair

 Tote Bag I made for our Pastors mother for her birthday ,

                                           

Hot Casserole Carrier

Whenever we go to my sisters from Mom's to eat we always use her Casserole Carrier to carry the hot or cold bowl of food , I told Mom I wanted to make one for myself .

When we got back to her house one day I laid it out on this fabric to make a pattern, it is 33" long x12" wide ,the middle pieces to go over the dish is 12 1/2 " x 6" with velcro 6" long, one on each side. I cut a strip 4" x 8" for the straps folded over and top stitched .

                        I then machine quilted the flowers

            This shows it wrapped with a casserole dish, so much easier to handle a hot or cold dish with food .

Pencil Bags

My Granddaughter Kayla lives in Michigan , I received a surprise request from her a couple weeks ago .
 She asked me if i could make her some pencil bags because the plastic ones always tear easy.
 I told her I was sure I could and asked how many did she want .....she said as many as I can make LOL.
So far I have made 3 of each color .
They were pretty simple to figure out, the hard part was making the holes for the binders
On the blue I use the little plastic rings we use on pot holders, but I did not have enough.... so I tried using the machine for the rings with the fine zigzag stitch,  it did not look as good as I like , I will be on the look out for some large eyelets , hopefully they will work better.

Simple Handbags

While I was at Mom's in Nov. I made all these simple handbags for Christmas gifts for all the girls in my family. I did not have a pattern I just took what I had left of a Fat Quarter added some batting and backing in rectangle shape , I folded in half sewed 2 side seams and then on the bottom I pinched it and made another seam to get the flat look .
Then I cut 3 more strips, one extra wide for a cuff and 2 same size for straps ,cut 2 small squares for extra pockets and bingo, simple hand bag .

This one is done with 4 patch squares and 4 in. squares 

and is larger than the first one.

These 2 are smaller and all of them are machine quilted ,

some of them I made crochet flowers with a button on them .

 These were made from left over patches of quilts .

                                     The next 2 are  lots smaller for little girls .

                                       

My sister Rexa asked for 3 .

This one I made the flower you saw on another post ,

I like it on the bag but it does not have to stay there,I have yet to find out if she likes it .

                                                             
















 I made this one for my sister Tina's Granddaughter ,it matches the quilt Mom made.All of the larger bags have a heavy peice of cardboard on bottom for better shape ,the little ones still need the cardboard.

Computer Desk Chair Seat C,over

My sister Tina had seen a quilted seat cover and told Mom she would like one .
So Mom made one for her  for Christmas .
Now I need to make one for myself .

Mom's Birthday

     
                Before my sister Rexa and I went to Mom's for her birthday we had to go to Joanne's for fabric .Our sister Tina wanted to make Mom a new cushion for the porch swing..
So Friday morning we started the cushions , the flower and the green is what we brought at Joanne's and of course it was pretty expensive , so glad Rexa had a coupon !!
We was going to buy the 4 or 5 in thick foam but it was more than our pocketbook could handle ! So we went to Walmart and brought the foam that you can put on your bed .

Well it still was not thick enough folded, so we used the old flat ones in between the foam and it was then thick enough to be comfortable.The blue flower and green was only one yard. Tina wanted to add blue Jean to it, that is why there are so many colors , the plain dark and light blue,tan and brown is all blue jean pants fabric . Mom loves it !

 The last picture is close up of that real expensive fabric ...we just had to have it !!
Tomorrow I will show what Tina made .

Last Minute Gifts

Camo Duffle bags for the guys !

I made 7 of these , all different ,they loved them !  I decided to make them when I realized I did not have enough for all the guys so I made them  in a matter of hours .

They are ideal for camping trips to hold snacks ,drinks and etc or just a days change of clothing or whatever they want to use it for .

I did not have any ,but they would look better with heavy cardboard in the bottom of the bag to help with sturdiness.

Handmade Flower

When my sister and Mom came to get me we decided to stop in at the Fabric Warehouse in Lakeland , we saw a flower similar to this, I asked if I could buy it, they said it was for display, I asked for a pattern , they were out , so when I got to Mom's I decided to try to make one with out a pattern and this is what I came up with .


I had to look at it a long time to remember how it looked like it was put together, I think I came in pretty close.
There is more leaves on the strawberries now though. The pillow is an old one of Mom's, I did not make it for that, it can be used on pillows, handbags or as a hairpiece.
Also the flower is just as pretty without the strawberries.

My Little Helper

Sarah happened to come over after playing outside wanting to help me ,so I told her what color square to hand me. 

 She was doing pretty good ,then asked me this ... Grandma will you teach me to Sew!

I told her I would love to teach her but we needed a smaller machine for her . she said ok 

So she keeps helping me ,I had to tell her to keep her hands back ,then the next thing I know while I am sewing..... the machine is going RRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! I was trying to stop it and then realized she had her foot on the peddel too!!!

She is a very determind little girl and is wanting to learn right now !

Remote Control caddy

I made this for Mom because 

whenever I would visit we would both be using the end table for sewing stuff ,our cups or glasses ,& etc.,  the remotes would always be in the way!

 So I found this piece of heavy cotton or maybe it was a dacron, not sure ,anyway I folded it lenght wise about 32 inches long ,sewed together and turned

                     Then I laid the remotes on it to get the proper length for that and pinned for 2 pockets

                                         I used a fancy stitch all around and for the pockets, there you have a Remote Caddy.... I made it long enough to lap over the arm chair and tucked the plain end down the side of the cushions.Really gave us lots more space , I have seen them made before in books ,so I decided she needed one too . She loves it !

      This is also a good idea for paper ,pens and what ever anyone wants to put in it ,extra pockets would be good too.

Danity Pocketbook for Little Girls

A couple years ago , I found some scraps of lace, taffada and soft fabric and decided to try my hand at making a criss cross handbag, I made several , these  2  I never did get finished , I have 2 little girls I want to  give them to for church.

So I need to finish the handwork on these and add them to my christmas stash of gifts I have started .